Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[abbott295]

Looks like silver maple.

 

[rwoods]

Fairly sick of first thinnings at the moment View attachment 665250View attachment 665251

Makes my back hurt just looking at the low stumps and the short bar. Ron

 

[dancan]

Bean poles!

ZoggerWood !!!!

 

[dancan]

just thousands and thousands to be cut

FS460 wood lol

 

[KiwiBro]

Fairly sick of first thinnings at the moment View attachment 665250View attachment 665251

If you have enough to keep it fed and don't need perfectly formed firewood pieces, I recommend the Bilke S3 as the best way to turn toothpicks into firewood, quickly.

 

[Deleted member 150358]

If you have enough to keep it fed and don't need perfectly formed firewood pieces, I recommend the Bilke S3 as the best way to turn toothpicks into firewood, quickly.

That does look slick.

 

[MustangMike]

That is Silver Maple, it will make your saws look fast!

 

[Philbert]

They don't look it in the pictures but they range in diameter from 6-12" and have to be cut to 10' lengths and man- handled into stacks to be collected by lorry

What is the largest diameter tree that can be reasonably felled with a bike handle brush clearing saw with an 8 inch diameter blade

EDIT: STIHL manual says 2-3/4 inch maximum diameter trees.

Phlbert

 

[KiwiBro]

What is the largest diameter tree that can be reasonably felled with a bike handle brush clearing saw with an 8 inch diameter blade

EDIT: STIHL manual says 2-3/4 inch maximum diameter trees.

Phlbert

Reasonable might be somewhat subjective Look at what the feller bunchers with those circular saw felling heads can safely cut with a good operator. It's more than the radius of the blade. I reckon reasonable in nighthunter's context might be the biggest he can push over to set the direction of fall if need be. I wonder how many blades on those things get bent as the tree goes over.

 

[woodchip rookie]

You can cut way bigger than 2-3" trees with a forestry clearing saw.

 

[Philbert]

Just a cool trailer.

For roofing jobs. Hard to imagine, but also hard to un-see once seen.

On scissor lift. Flared wings to catch debris. Compact enough to fit places.



Philbert

 

[KiwiBro]

Just a cool trailer.

For roofing jobs. Hard to imagine, but also hard to un-see once seen.

On scissor lift. Flared wings to catch debris. Compact enough to fit places.

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Philbert

Three generations of construction workers in the family trying to find a better way. Brilliant. That's one of the great things about visiting the old forestry salts around here. They have had a lifetime or more of experimenting and finding ways and creating machinery to do the job faster, cleaner, safer, easier, cheaper or some combination thereof. Sometimes it takes a while of staring at some rusty iron to figure out what it did best and just how clever some people are. When I went from a desk job staring at a computer to floundering around out in the bush, one of the best things about it has been what to me was a revelation about how many thinkers there are in the bush and in rural NZ. I hope that creativity is never crushed.

 

[Cowboy254]

Morning fellas,

Back from Samoa now (Western Samoa that is, not American). Took a charter one arvo. One day the previous week a family caught a dozen Spanish mackerel up to 1.5m but we struggled a bit. Conditions were a bit rough and the fish did not co-operate. As I always say, if you catch lots of fish, it's due to your good fishing. If you don't catch lots of fish, it's the fish's fault.

Snagged a couple of small GTs, a blue fin trevally and one Spaniard. Made sure I was wearing the right cap so you'd know it was me.




The charter operators were both Aussies and made the flat statement that the Spanish mackerels from that part of the Pacific were the best eating fish in the ocean. "Really?", I sez. I've had it back in Oz and thought it to be good but not awesome. What about coral trout? Red emperor? Better than them and other tasty fish? They smile. Try it and get back to us, they say.

Well, I have to say that they were right. Much better than back home. The resort chef cooked it up for us according to our personal specifications...."In big slabs, please".



It was a great trip.

 

[Ryan A]

That is Silver Maple, it will make your saws look fast!

Grabbed another load....it's only 4 houses up from me. Will grab more as the township continues during the week

 

[svk]

Wind was right so we took down the largest dead cottonwood. It had a side hanging branch which pulled it it to the left but it fell well within the desired zone.



Tree died last year but absolutely shattered upon impact.


First batch of hard work is done.

 

[svk]

 

[Cody]

No scrounging today, but did pick this up to definitely aid in future scrounges.

 

[James Miller]

I had an old articcat 300 it was a good quad. Sold it to get a Suzuki king quad 300 same exact quad but the suzuki came with front locker and 2 low range settings. Standard low and pull the house off the foundation ultra low. Never understood why the cat didn't have those parts being a rebadged king quad.

 

[Cody]

I had an old articcat 300 it was a good quad. Sold it to get a Suzuki king quad 300 same exact quad but the suzuki came with front locker and 2 low range settings. Standard low and pull the house off the foundation ultra low. Never understood why the cat didn't have those parts being a rebadged king quad.

That's a large reason why I went with this cat, you can engage the front locker with just the flip of a switch. I don't want to have to wait for a front tire to start spinning before it locks in with the hills I need to climb, if it starts spinning you just lost. It's just high and low gear, but it's also a 650 and has pretty good power down low. Not many Suzuki's around here for sale but they were both machines I was researching. I like Honda's reliability, but beyond that they seem boring to me. I've just never been a Honda guy.

 

[svk]

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That cut looks terrible because I was just cleaning up the stump.